[Christine’s Halloween Monster and Faery List]

Queens: G

Goewin (Mantling Foam)
Welsh goddess and daughter of Pebin; she was the virgin footholder for the god Math: Bear until she was raped by Gilfaethwy. Math married her. (71)

Glanis, Glenys, Glynys, Glan, Ghleanna, Glynis (Pure Gem) Glê, Gel, Gla (Shining One) Gloew, Gloiu (Bright)
(pron. GLEN-is, GLIN-is) Triple Goddess of springs at Glanum in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France. Siluris Glanis is a catfish. Her limestone mountains are the Luberon, 12 miles south of Avignon-Avinhon rising out of the Rhône-Ròse: Red Alder Valley plain, running east-west between the Rhône-Ròse: Red Alder and Durance-Durença rivers. The mountains have olive, almond, kermes [red-dye] oak: and pine trees. They were painted by Vincent van Gogh and were the seat of the French Resistance. Glanum was not excavated until 1921. (45, 24, 64, 71, 73, 77)

Gormlaith ingen Flaind, Gormla, Gormley (Splendid Queen, Blue Princess Daughter of Lake Maiden)
(pron GOORM-la) Goddess and wife of Brian Boru. She has waist length thick, curly ringleted auburn hair with highlights of saffron gold, ruby red lips, swan-white skin, blue eyes, dark eyebrows, wears a brown cloak and a sparkling diadem. (71, 84)


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